Photograph of the Cotten family

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A black and white photograph of the nine members of the Cotten family taken in 1902. The names of the family members have been written on or above their likenesses. Tom Cotten and Sallie Cotten sit in the middle with their daughters sitting and standing around them. The girls are identified as (left to right): Myrtle (seated), Carrie, Mildred, Loula, Elizabeth, and Susie (seated). A small boy identified as Ernest Cotten sits on a small stool in front of Tom and Sallie. Written below the image is “The Cotten Family 1902.” The back of the photograph is blank.

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